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| − | Based on a popular short story ("Mateo Falcone", 1829) by Prosper Merimée (1803 – 1870)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e], the story of a Corsican man who kills his son in the name of justice. | + | Based on a popular short story ("Mateo Falcone", 1829) by Prosper Merimée (1803 – 1870)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e], the story of a Corsican man who kills his son in the name of justice. The story first appeared in the May issue of ''Revue de Paris'' in 1829. |
| − | + | The English play first produced at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, June 6th, 1836. This performance text was printed , with ''[[The Middy Ashore]]'', by John Dicks, 313 Strand, London 313. | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 24 April 2017
Matteo Falcone, or The Brigand and Son is a romantic drama in one act by Oxberry.
Also found simply as Matteo Falcone
Contents
The original text
Based on a popular short story ("Mateo Falcone", 1829) by Prosper Merimée (1803 – 1870)[1], the story of a Corsican man who kills his son in the name of justice. The story first appeared in the May issue of Revue de Paris in 1829.
The English play first produced at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, June 6th, 1836. This performance text was printed , with The Middy Ashore, by John Dicks, 313 Strand, London 313.
Translations and adaptations
The story has been made into a short opera of the same name by the Russian composer César Cui (1906-1907) and has been filmed a number of times.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed as Matteo Falcone in the Hope Street Theatre on 17 December by the New English Theatrical Company of W.F.H. Parker; with Woman's the Devil (Stirling) as afterpiece. Apparently they did not use the English stage adaptation by Oxberry, for a translator, named "Wilson", is listed by Bosman (1928, p.419).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo_Falcone
Internet Archive: The Middy Ashore and Matteo Falcone[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 419
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